L.A. Pride Parade and Festival (June 9-10, 2018) is one of the world’s largest pride parades. It’s more than a celebration of LGBTQ civil rights, although the oppression of the LGBTQ community inspired it. It’s organized by the Christopher Street West Association, which organized the first permitted parade in response to the Stonewall Rebellion (read: riots) in NYC on June 28, 1969....

Sample some harmless debauchery with a half million others at Halloween Carnaval on October 31. Carnaval, while not specifically LGBTQ (unless you believe that human sexuality is on a one-and-only spectrum), wouldn’t be the same without its killer drag queens and oh-so-gay-dress-up. The queer and gay extravaganza takes place on Santa Monica Boulevard from Doheny Drive to La Cienega Boulevard....